Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olson, Ken Watanabe, Bryan Cranston
Certificate: 12
Genre: Action, Sci Fi
Awards: None
The king of the monsters is returns once again and is on fantastic form, for the beginning anyway. Bryan Cranston, who has been featured heavily in the trailers, is the heart of the film as he delivers a a great and moving performance. Unfortunately, he is not in for long.The obvious choice for main character after Cranston is Ken Watanabe as Dr Serizawa, a Godzilla expert who's father was killed at Hiroshoma. An interesting backstory and an intriguing character overall, but the film decides to choose Johnson's military man to header the film. This leaves us with a bland and boring main character who cannot divert our attention to the fact that Godzilla is hardly there.
When Godzilla does arrive, however, the action scenes are great. The monster battles are glorious to watch and some parts are awe inspiring. Edwards does strangely conceal some of the action scenes with news reports which may be intended to intrigue but instead only affronts.
To conclude, Godzilla is well worth a watch for the good bits, but the two best features of the film are not there for long and then you're left with a rather bland and boring guy doing stuff.
****Good
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